Dewbaby's closing its doors as sisters plan retirement

Michigan Avenue restaurant a staple, provided Thanksgiving meal to those in need

Bill Shrum

Dewbaby's Restaurant, located at 112 W. Michigan Ave., opened in December 2007 and after six years in business, will close its doors this week.

"We are retiring from the business on Friday, Dec. 20," Rose Stovall, one of the owners, said.The restaurant is owned by nine sisters, who opened Dewbaby’s in honor of their mother and father, who taught them how to cook and work.

Stovall said that she and her sisters are getting older and decided that that they wanted to do more things in their advancing years, and it was time for them to retire and close the business.

"We have been closing for two weeks during the holidays and reopening after first of the year," Stovall said. "This year, we are closing, but we just won't reopen."

"We are thankful for our regular customers and for our friends," Davis said. "They have made us happy for six years."

She and her sisters are so appreciative for all of nice things people have said and for the people who have eaten at their establishment throughout the years, Stovall said.

"We are going to miss everyone and the Thanksgiving with our friends," LaVerne Davis, another sister, who co-owns the business, said.

Each Thanksgiving for the past five years Dewbaby's Restaurant has served a traditional Thanksgiving dinner to people who were in need of a meal on Thanksgiving.

"That was our way of giving back and everyone was happy," Davis said. "We were happy also."

Dewbaby's has been featured in many statewide magazines and has been featured on KATV Channel 7’s focus on restaurants around the state of Arkansas.

Dewbaby's will be closed for the holidays after Dec. 20 and will not reopen after the new year.